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Ephemeral films

6,865–6,912 of 19,489 films, free to watch, from the world's open archives.

Where these films come from, and who sees what

Every film here plays from the archive that keeps it: the Internet Archive, Wikimedia Commons, the NASA Image and Video Library, the Library of Congress and Open Images (the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Nothing is copied to this site. Each film's page names its archive, links to its page there, and states its licence or status as the archive does.

Archive films carry no age ratings, so each is placed from the collections it sits in and the subjects the archive gives it, cautiously. Sexual content and nudity are left out altogether.

Little OnesFilms for young children by name: nursery rhymes, lullabies, preschool.
KidsCartoons and animation, children's and family films, and educational films, unless they deal with war, propaganda, crime, horror or drugs, or carry racial caricature.
TweensDocumentaries, science, nature and space, classic comedies, newsreels, commercials and lectures.
TeensEverything else, including anything we cannot tell about; war, crime, horror and westerns go no lower.
AdultSexual themes (such as the old "sex hygiene" films), gore, surgery, slaughter, atrocity footage.
Internet Archive KSNN Newsbreak: What Challenges will we Face on a Crewed Mission to Mars? 2004 · Film This one-minute video looks at the challenges posed for human travel human travel to Mars. It is intended for grades 3-5. Internet Archive Solar energy, the great adventure. 1978 · Educational Host Eddie Albert introduces individuals who have developed their own solar energy systems. Shows how these people from various backgrounds have found methods… Internet Archive Operation Dominic - Chetco 105751 2017 · Film Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMEMACsKO3Q Uploader: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Upload date: 2017-03-13 Internet Archive BRIDGE OF SPIES ESPIONAGE CASE RUDOLF ABEL "THE HOLLOW COIN" FBI 88374 Film The Hollow Nickel Case (or the Hollow Coin) was the FBI investigation that grew out of the discovery of a container disguised as a U.S. coin and containing a… Internet Archive NASA Space Exploration, Pt 1 Film Discussion NASA's future in space exploration. To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC . Internet Archive 1940 GERMAN ARMY VICTORY PARADE NORDWALL DEFEAT OF FRANCE (SILENT FILM) 96084 Film This silent film, a home movie from 1940, is titled "A March Took Place at Nordwall". It's unclear precisely where this was shot but possibly Nordweil, near… Internet Archive " PSYCHIATRIC NURSING " N.J. STATE MENTAL HOSPITAL GREYSTONE PARK NURSES & MENTALLY ILL XD 11404 Film “Psychiatric Nursing: The Nurse-Patient Relationship” (1958) is a nurse training film that underscores the healing powers of the nurse-patient relationship… Internet Archive 1971 MAY DAY ANTI-VIETNAM WAR PROTEST FILM "THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING" WASHINGTON D.C. XD13614 Film This color educational film is about Anti-Vietnam Protestors in Washington D.C. during late April/Early May 1971. The 1971 May Day Protests were a series of… Internet Archive AIR STRIKES & DOGFIGHTS IN VIETNAM HIGHLIGHT REEL F-105 F-4 24642 Film This silent highlight reel shows U.S. Air Force aircraft including F-105 Thunderchiefs and F-4 Phantoms making raids on North Vietnam. The beginning of the… Internet Archive Care of the Sick Among Primitive Groups 1970 · Educational · 29 min Discusses basic human needs, major problems of community health, and solutions to health problems, including folk medicine, the nurse, occult practices, the… Internet Archive Supervisory Communication Skills 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet A foreign film (Canada) Intended audience: Adults Issued also as videorecording Focuses on skills supervisors need in order to… Internet Archive Filmstrip: "The Majority Rules: A Secret That Grew" 1976 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive 1945 U.S. NAVY RESTRICTED COMBAT REPORT 18&11 USS ENTERPRISE & USS NEVADA ATTACKED 81374 Film These two silent films (18 & 11) from U.S. Navy Combat Report No. 10 present footage of the separate attacks on the USS Enterprise and USS Nevada during World… Internet Archive JOHN FORD'S DECEMBER 7th 1943 PEARL HARBOR ATTACK PROPAGANDA FILM 77014 Film December 7th: The Movie is a 1943 propaganda film produced by the U.S. Navy about the infamous attack on Pearl Harbor, showing life before, during, and after… Internet Archive 1960s HOME MOVIE TRIP TO INDONESIA JAKARTA BAN DUNG "PARIS IN JAVA" RICE FARMING 87684 Home movie This well shot silent 16mm home movie shows a trip to Indonesia undertaken by an American tourist in the 1960s. The film begins with images shot in Jakarta… Internet Archive BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF WWII PHILIPPINES INVASION MOVIE "BROUGHT TO ACTION" 76874 Film This U.S. Navy documentary depicts the sea battle at Leyte Gulf during the Allied landings at Mindoro in the Phillipines during World War II. During this… Internet Archive MOTION PICTURE HISTORY OF THE KOREAN WAR ARMED FORCES INFO FILM 80904x Film A Motion Picture History of the Korean War (AFIF 85) describes the Korean War from the U.S. perspective. The film begins with a brief overview of Korea’s… Internet Archive "LIFE IN OLD LOUISIANA " 1941 EDUCATIONAL FILM NEW ORLEANS 97404 Educational Produced in 1941, "Life in Old Louisiana" was created by Erpi Classroom Films, Inc. in collaboration with James Fortier, the archivist of New Orleans. The… Internet Archive Made in the Bronx: A Workshop in Creativity 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Intended audience: Adult Issued also as videorecording Tells about a workshop in creativity which was organized in the Bronx for… Internet Archive Nuclear Waste Isolation: A Progress Report 1981 · Educational Produced by the Media Group, Inc. for the Office of Nuclear Waste Management, United States Department of Energy and the Battelle Project Management Division… Internet Archive On Stage: "Doctor in Spite of Himself" 1960 · Educational Director, Nathan Zucker Monty Woolley, Bramwell Fletcher, Monica Lovett, Val Dufour Dramatizes Moliere's drawing room comedy concerning two young lovers, a… Internet Archive Speaking for Ourselves: The Challenge of Being Deaf 1977 · Educational Provides an understanding of the challenge, complexity and intensity of the learning experience at The Lexington School for the Deaf Internet Archive Filmstrip: "Frankenstein, Part Two" 1976 · Educational SOUND FILMSTRIP IS AN AT-RISK MEDIA FORMAT. I am the only person on earth preserving American filmstrips. The media format is largely forgotten and very… Internet Archive " BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC " 1941 WWII SHORT FILM ALLIED CONVOYS vs. U-BOATS 25234 Film The film, ‘Battle of the Atlantic’ is presented by 20th Century Fox (:09) and made in 1941. It focuses on cargo and supply transports from the U.S. and Canada… Internet Archive The Long Search: 10 -- African Religions: Zulu Zion Educational · 52 min · Subtitles Internet Archive 1930s NATIVE AMERICAN / HOPI, NAVAJO, CHEROKEE & PUEBLO INDIANS DOCUMENTARY INDIAN POW WOW 48384 Documentary This 1930s black and white documentary "Real Americans" was produced by Ideal Corp. It opens with a field of teepees. A male Indian wearing a feather… Internet Archive If The Shoe Fits Film We digitized and uploaded this film from the Orgone Cinema 16mm Archive Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are… Internet Archive The Dam Builders (1968) 1968 · Educational · 28 min Tells the story of how man damages the ecological balance by changing the environment. Underlines the fact that the first five years in the life of a human… Internet Archive VIETNAM WAR HEARTS & MINDS PROGRAM "WAR WITHIN A WAR" 30804 Film "A War Within a War" is a U.S. Marine Corps Special Film Report about the battle for the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people. Made in an optimistic era,… Internet Archive Mustard Sowing For Erosion Control 1938 · Film Forest fires ravage wooded slopes in Southern California. Water (melting snow and rain) rushes down the slopes, unchecked by plant life, washing away top soil… Internet Archive Biospheric Dialogue March 26 2025 2025 · Film In our seat upon the California Coast, we who live in the territory of Yelamu are favored with remarkable biodiversity. A conversation between Obi Kaufmann,… Internet Archive Parents and Staff in a Children's Ward 1971 · Educational Author, H. Lowenstein Documentary for medical students, student nurses and advanced classes in psychology, dealing with the sick child's need for emotional… Internet Archive "THE RECORD BREAKING PHANTOM II " F-4 FIGHTER MCDONNELL AIRCRAFT PROMO FILM 81264 Film Made by the McDonnell Corporation (before it became McDonnell Douglas), THE RECORD BREAKING PHANTOM II presents the story of the F-4 Phantom, a tandem… Internet Archive Ikiru, Part 2 Educational · 54 min · Subtitles Internet Archive “THE ETERNAL LIGHT: THE REMNANT” 1969 JEWISH DOCUMENTARY HOLOCAUST & POSTWAR AFTERMATH DOCUMENTARY 56124 Documentary This 1969 episode of “The Eternal Light,” an NBC television series produced in conjunction with the Jewish Theological Seminary, represents part two of a… Internet Archive DOPE 236 1994 · Film · Subtitles See scans of liner notes for detailed content. Internet Archive A Talk With Phyllis Reynolds Naylor 1991 · Talk "....Enjoy Phyllis' warm account of how her Newbery-winning book SHILOH came to be written, as well as a short reading from it. She also discusses her… Internet Archive Fire in America! 1981 · Educational Title from data sheet Studies twenty-five major fires in U.S. history from 1621 to the present. Shows how these disasters led to improved fire-fighting… Internet Archive Silent Comedy ... Live 1974 · Educational Two pantomimes, "The Rope" and "In the beginning" by the Pittsburgh mime artist Dan Kamin. Internet Archive U.S. NAVY WWII COLOR FILM ADVANCE BASE SEABEES Construction Batallions 78214 Film Narrated by Quentin Reynolds, Advance Base is an extremely graphic, unflinching portrait of the war, the film shows the seizure of a Japanese held island by… Internet Archive WWII GUN CAMERA FILM USAAF 84th SQUADRON VIII FIGHTER COMMAND AUGUST, 1944 16865 Film This silent gun camera footage dates to 1944 and was shot by members of the VIII Fighter Command. This film was one of roughly 20 retrieved from longterm… Internet Archive 1970s USAF AEROSPACE DEFENSE COMMAND F-102s / F-4 PHANTOMS INTERCEPTING SOVIET AIRCRAFT 69894 Film In this short U.S. Air Force Aerospace Defense Command News Digest, No. 94 “Fours For Defense,” viewers see how the 57th Fighter Interceptor Squadron (the… Internet Archive SHELL OIL PROMO FILM OIL EXPLORATION, DRILLING, RECOVERY & REFINING NORTH SEA SAUDI ARABIA 91374 Film This color educational film is about how oil is drilled for and found. This was by the Shell Company. This is circa the late 1960s/early 1970s. Men climb a… Internet Archive Magellan Venus Radar Film Magellan Venus Radar To license this film and get a higher quality version for broadcast/film purposes, contact A/V Geeks LLC . Internet Archive Highfire! Plan for Survival 1974 · Educational French and Spanish versions also issued With leader's guide and quiz cards A fire safety training film for employees and management in high-rise office… Internet Archive COUNTING TOOLS 1970s COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY MAINFRAMES 58984 Film Made by Victor and Ellen Landweber, this film was made just before the moment that home computing became widespread. The film is filled with imagery of early… Internet Archive “THE HEART OF ENGLAND” 1954 BRITISH TRANSPORT TRAVELOGUE FILM COTSWALDS STRATFORD ON AVON 86614 Film This film is from British Transport Films which was set up in 1949 and made documentary films on British transport. This particular film is one of their… Internet Archive UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY ANNAPOLIS MARYLAND 1940s RECRUITING FILM 71102 Film Created in the immediate post-WWII period, this gorgeous color film shows the activities of U.S. Navy cadets at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. Some…